Florentine Cutaway

[Dave Bagwill]

Yes, very nice work.

[Herman]

kevin, the dovetail already fits. The process stand above. When in doubt, call me 24/7.

I said, no pics of the headinlay, but bored as I am: Here are some:
(Haven't fill them yet)

[Herman]

Ken moved this reply to the finishing section, for further discussion. But for the sake of a proper log, I post this here again. I guess Ken is ok with that.

Ready for finishing procedure. First Fill all the minor gaps with matching wooddust en CA-glue.
Then time for sanding. The most uneven joint were scraped flush before and now I sand with a sandingblock and 150# paper. The walnut is quite soft so the sanding is easy. (Had hard maple earlier that was a hell to sand)

The surface was whiped with shellac sealer because I want to avoid that the stained filler colors the delicate wood and the maple bindings. The filler I use is made accordingly to Robbie O'Briens video. Means: Fine grained plasterfiller with brown and a drop of black. Costs: about 2 cts! (These days I only use the Stewmac liquid dyes for everything.)
Standard method: thick paste whiped in circles into the pores. Leave it a day for drying/shinckage.

[Herman]

Filling finished. Two times filling were needed, 'cause I found a few irregular spots that I sanded deeper.
Keep rubbing till the filler dries and the excess crumbles off. Only little filler is left, so sanding, even with 400#, is very easy. The sealing with shellac sanding sealer did a good job. No wood was stained.

[Kevin in California]

That looks good Herman.

[Daniel P]

Looks great - thank for for the write-up on your filling process.

[Dave Bagwill]

Robbie talks about using drywall compound - that's what you are using ,Herman?